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.SASH FASTENBR.

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SASH FASTENER.

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WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, OF NEWARK. JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED H. CROGKFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373.985, dated November 29, 1887.

Application tiled Octaber 26, 1886. Serial No. 217,213. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Beitknown that 1, WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash and Door Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention is designed to provide asash and door fastening which cannot be operated from the outside, so as to unlock the window or door by any of the means ordinarily used, and which is also simple in construction, read 23 ily manipulated to lock and unlock the sash or door, and when locked prevents the rattling of the said sash or door.

In the accompanying two sheets of draw: ings, in which similar referenceletters are 25 employed to indicate corresponding parts,

Figure 1 isa plan of a portion of the meetingrails of a sash and the improved fastening in its locked position secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a section thereof through as. Fig. 3 is a plan 50 of the fastening in its intermediate locking position. Fig. 4 is a section thereof through line y. Fig. 5 is a plan of the fastening in its unlocked position. Fig. 6 is a section of the same through line 2, and Fig. 7 is an end 5 View of the casing, 850. On Sheet 2, Fig. 8, is

- a plan of the outer slotted casing and the inner grooved block. Fig. 9 is a plan of said grooved block. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the end thereof. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the rotating locking-bar. Fig. 12 is an elevation of the nose-piece with which the rotating locking-bar engages. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the grooved block. Fig. 14 is asimilar view of the slotted outer casing;

5 and Fig. 15,an elevation of the fastening, showing the same adapted to be used on elevated windows.

Instead of rotating in ahorizontal plane, as the ordinary sash-fastening, and'thereby permitting the turning of the bolt by inserting a.

' knife between the meetingrails, the improved fastening device. herein described rotates in a vertical plane, and in consequence is not open to the same objection.

To convert the rotary motion of the locking-bar a into a longitudinal reciprocating motion in order to draw the bar, the said bar, having a hooked end, a, is provided with a pin, a, which projects into aslot, b, of peculiar form, in the outer casing, I), by means of which the said bar is allowed to move not only in the direction of its length, but also is caused to rotate for a given distance. To accomplish this the portion 1 of the said slot nearest the outside sash extends in a straight.

line parallel with the edge a of the nose-piece from one side of the casing up to the top thereof, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5, and on the opposite side of the 'casing the portion b of said slot continues in a slantingor oblique 7o direction away from the nose-piece, as indicated in said figures. The result of this construction is that as the bar a is turned by means of the finger-piece a it turns on its axis for about one-quarter of a revolution-21 e.,while the pin is in the portion 11 of the slot so that the hooked end turns from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to that in Figs. 3 and 4.

By reference to Fig. 12 it will be seen that the opening 0 in the nosepiece is of peculiar form, the lower portion at one side thereof being broadened, and into the recess 0 formed by said broadened portion, the hooked end of the bar projects when in the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Vhen the locking-bar has reached this position,the pin a enters the oblique portion 1) ofthe slot, and as the bar continues to revolve the hooked end thereof is drawn through the recess c away from the 0 nose-piece until the said hooked end reaches the position indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 being drawn away from the nose-pieoe into the casing 2), which is the unlocked position of the fastening device.

, The effect or result produced by the recess 0 may be accomplished by cutting away entirely one side of the nose-piece, leaving an opening through which the hooked end ofthe locking-barmaypass. Thesolidform,however, IQO

. jeots from said barat rightangles to the other,

as shown in Fig. 11, so that when the pin is in the end of the portion bof the angular slotin the casing the hooked end occupies a vertical position in relation to the meetingrails, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The outside edge, 0 of the loop of said nosepiece is inclined,-as indicated, so that as the hooked end ofthehar is rotated to its locked position it engages with said inclined outer edge, and thereby acts to draw the meeting-rails of the sashes together, as will be understood.

Within the casing is a grooved supportingblock, d, in which the locking-bar turns. and also acts to hold said bar above the meeting rails, so that the hooked end of the bar projects, when in its unlocked position, down toward the meeting-rails, as indicated in Fig. 6. To avoid the necessity of screwing or otherwise securing the said block to the body of the casing or to the windows, grooves or recesses 12 Fig. 13, are cast in each corner of said block, which receive the sides of the casingasshown in Fig. 8, so that no fitting is necessary to re tain the block in position.

The slot in the casing may be left open, as indicated on Sheet 1, oracovering, b, may be provided for the same, as shown in Fig. 14.,to prevent the clogging of the locking-bar.

In Fig. 15 is shown a construction adapted especially for high windows, in which the meeting-rails are above the reach ofthehand, the bar a taking the place of the finger-piece, and operated by chains aflhanging down within reach of the hand. The rotary movement of the lockingbar permits this arrangement, as will be understood.

If desirable, the slot may he made continuous and the pin extended up thereth rough and act as a finger-piece for operating the bar. As thus made, the finger-piece may be dispensed with.

When the pin a is in the portion b of the angular slot and the locking-bar is turned, the

g result is a simple rotative movement, which continues as long as the pin is in said portion; but when the pin leaves said portion 1) and enters the portion 6 the result is a combined rotary and sliding movement of the lockingbar, which becomes a reciprocating movement as the locking-bar is caused to engage with the nose-piece and is disengaged therefrom alternately.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In a sash and door fastener, the combination of a nose-piece provided with an opening to receive the hooked end of the locking-bar, a rotating and sliding locking-bar having a hook or projection on one end thereof, a pin, a, projecting therefrom, and a finger-piece, an inclosing-casing having a slot therein, into which said pin a projects, said slot consisting of a straight portion, 11. adapted to permit the rotative movement of said bar when the said pin is therein and the bar turned, and a portion, b inclined angularly in relation to said portion b and adapted to cause the combined rotative and sliding movement of the lookingbar when the pin a is in said portion and the bar turned, and a supportingblock on which said bar moves, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a sash and door fastener. the combination of a nose-piece having an opening therein to receive the hooked end ofa locking-bar, and an inclined outer edge, a, with which said hooked end engages, a locking-bar providedv with. a hooked end, a pin, a", projecting therefrom, and a finger-piece, an inclosing-casing having an angular slot consisting of the portions b and 0', adapted to cause a simple rotary and a combined rotary and sliding move ment of said bar, and a supporting-block upon which said bar turns, for the purposes set forth.

3. In a sash and door fastener, the combination of a nose-piece having an opening, 0. provided with a recess, c, therein and an inclined outer edge, 0", a locking-bar provided with a hooked end, a pin, a", and a finger-piece, said hooked end and pin projecting from said bar at right angles to each other, an inclosing-casing having an angular slot therein consisting of the portions 1) and 11, adapted to cause a simple rotary and a combined rotary and sliding movement of said bar, and a supportingblock, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a sash and door fastener, the combination of a nose-piece having an opening therein to receive the hooked end of a locking bar and provided with a recess therein through which said hooked end passes as the locking-bar is withdrawn, a rotating and sliding locking-bar having a hook or projection on one end thereof, a pin, a, projecting therefrom, and arms a, projecting oppositely from said bar, means attached to each end of said bar for operating the same and the locking-bar, an inclosing casing having an angular slot consisting of the portions b 1), adapted to causeasimple rotary and a combined rotary and sliding movement of said bar, and a supporting-block upon which said bar turns, for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of October, 1886.

WILLIAM G. JOHNSON.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. F. CAMPBELL, J osnra HARRINGTON. 

